There are quarterly revisions due to the incorporation of more up-to-date source data and changes to seasonal adjustment factors. The main component affected by the changes in seasonal adjustment factors is Gross Value Added for the Rental, Hiring and Leasing industry.

Chain volume measures of goods exports have been revised due to the updating of prices in the weighting structure used to aggregate components. The prices have been updated to 2007-08 prices.

Household Final Consumption Expenditure series have been revised following a review of data sources and methodologies.

SUPPRESSION OF TREND ESTIMATES

Trend estimates for series impacted by the Government's Economic Security and Stimulus payments to Households (including Household Final Consumption Expenditure and Household Net Saving) have been suppressed due to the difficulty in assessing the impact of the one off payments on the trend series.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or National Accounts on Canberra (02) 6252 6711, <national.accounts@abs.gov.au>